Cover for peach-baskets.



I. W. PEGK. OOVER FOB PEACH BASKETS. APPLICATION FILED we. a, 1910.

1,030,123, Patented June 18, 1912.

IRVING w. PECK, or nnannu rown, rnonrnn."

COVER FOR PEACH-BASKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June i s, rare.

. Application filed August 3, 1910. Serial No. 575,219.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING citizen of the United States, and aresident of Bradentown, county of Manatee, and State of Florida, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Covers. for Peach-Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in covers for peach crates, and consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, hereinafter described andclaimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a cover for crates of the character specified, which will prevent injury to the fruit from pressure, either external or internal, and by means of which the grower will be enabled to pack and ship'his largest and finest fruit, and have the same arrive on the'market uninjured by undue pressure from the cover or from other crates stacked upon the crate in question. b

' Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a vertical, longitudinal section-of a portion of a crate and the im-' proved cover. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the cover looking from below, and, Fig.

3 is'a section on the line 3-3, of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention, shown in the drawings, the crate is composed' of strips 1 in the usual manner, and the said. strips are connected at the top by a substantiallyrectangular frame 2, the ends of the strips being secured to the inner faces of the frame by means of nails or tacks 3;

The coverconsists of a plate 4;, reinforced 'at its ends and at its center by transverse strips 5 secured to the plate in any suitable manner.

A cushion 6 is secured to the under face of the late forming the cover, the said cushion eing composed of a receptacle of fabric, or other suitabIe'materi'aI, and the receptacle is stuffed with excelsior 7 or other suitable resilient material. The cushion is substantially rectangular. in cross sect1on, as shown 1n Figs. 1 and 3, and the ends of the under, face are beveled, as shown at 8.

The ends of the cushion are .secured to the plate by strips 9, arranged transversely of the ends ofthe cushion and secured to the plate by nails or tacks 10, passing through the strips, the end of the cushion, and engaging the plate. The stuifing 7 of the cushion is lacking at the end, so that the W. Peon, a A

top and the bottom of the receptacle are super-posed. The strips 10 rest upon the ends of the frame 2, when the cover is place, as shown in Flg. 1, and it will be evident that no injurious pressure will be exerted on the fruit contained in the basket by the cover, the cushion preventing contact between the cover plate and the fruit.

The cushion may be made of any desired thickness in accordance with the firmness of the fruit, and it may also be made of any desired size, to correspond. to the size of the cover to which itis attached.

It will be noticed that the ends of the strips lOfare beveled, as shown at 11, in order to facilitate the entranceof a hatchet, or other edged tool used in separating the cover from the basket. removed, the cover and cushion are in a single piece, and may be replaced in their When the cover is original position without loss of time or annoyance. As is known, fruit must be packed tightly to prevent injury during shipment, and by the use of the improved cushion, it is evident that a greater degree of tightness could be used than would otherwise be possible. r

The strips 10 elevate the cover so that the lower face of the cushion is above, or substantially flush with the top of the basket,

so that the capacity of the said basket is not lessened by the use of the-cushion.

Fr uit may be packed much mOreexpecutiously by attaching the cushion to the cover,

thanby using a separate cushion, since, in the latter case, two movements are necessary, while 1n the former, but one is necessary. I

As shown inFigs. 1 and 3, a reinforcing sheet 12 may be arranged on the inner face ofthe lower side of the cushion.

In practice, the cushion is formed preferably from'a sheet of heavy paper, the said paper having its side edges folded over upon itselffas shown in Fig. 2, and the excelsior is arranged between the body of the sheet and the fold, When the ends are secured to the cover by the strips 10, the excelsior is held in place by the fold of the paper. It will be observed that the formation of the cushion is very simple, for which reason it may be manufactured at a very small ex pense.

It will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 3 that the receptacle of the cushion is formed by folding the side edges of the sheet over upon the body of the sheet, the said of a cushion for the cover, said cushion comprising a sheet of flexible material having its side edges folded OVQI upon the body of the sheet and lapped upon each other to form a receptacle, a filling of cushioning 2Uv materialin the receptacle, said cushion being arranged with the body of the sheet adjacent to the cover and strips arranged transversely of the cover and enga g the ends of the cushion to hold the sald cush- 5 ion on the cover.

, IRVING W; PECK. W' esses:

C. E. TRAINOR, SOLON O. KEMON. 

